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Guys, it's us, the Grammar Gurus, with me, Meg.

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And me, Ollie.

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But, um, before we begin, is there anything you want to tell us, Meg?

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Yes, actually. I got my dream job, reviewing video games for a website.

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But, what about, um...

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I'm sorry, you're going to have to explain this one.

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Okay, when I was around 10, I played a lot of football and I didn't like video games

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at all until Soccer Strikers came out. I loved that game. Then, last Friday, I was chatting

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on a website forum, we were talking about old games, when somebody mentioned that Soccer

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strikers the virtual reality version was out and the website wanted somebody to review it

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so i tried it straight away i won all my games and then i was in the final

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it was the last minute and i was running into the box i was about to score when let me guess

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you fell over no i scored but then i jumped to celebrate and hit my head

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It still hurts.

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Oh, no, Meg. I'm so sorry.

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But I know what will cheer you up.

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Grammar!

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OK, today we're talking about describing the past

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using the past simple and the past continuous.

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We use the past simple to describe finished actions

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or situations in the past.

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We also use it to say that one thing happened after another.

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Meg scored, then Meg jumped, then Meg hit her head. Sorry, Meg.

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Thanks, Ollie.

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We use past continuous to talk about activities in progress at a moment in the past.

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We also use it to describe scenes in a story.

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And to talk about activities in progress when another, shorter activity happened or interrupted it.

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Now, let's practice. Try this exercise. Fill in the gaps of the sentences with the correct

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form of the past simple or the past continuous. See you next time!

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Bye!